Arjan Stafa (born 13 June 1964) is an

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n retired

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defender who played for the Albania national team.

Club career

Stafa played for

Dinamo Tirana Futboll Club Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian professional football club based in the country's capital Tirana. They play in the Kategoria e Parë, the second tier of Albanian football, in the 2022–23 season. Founded in 1950 during the communist r ...

during the 1980s alongside fellow internationals

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and

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. Following the

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, Stafa was among the first players to move abroad, ending up in Italy where he played for

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International career

He made his debut for

in a January 1989

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at home against

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and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was the December 1990 European Championship qualification 9-0 defeat at

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Honours

Kategoria Superiore The Kategoria Superiore, officially known as Abissnet Superiore for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Albanian football league system, it is the country's primary football compet ...

(2): 1985–86, 1989–90Albania - Championship Winning Teams
- RSSSF *

Kupa e Shqipërisë The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...

(2): 1985–86, 1989–90 * Superkupa së Shqipërisë (1) :

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* 1964 births Living people Footballers from Tirana Albanian footballers Association football fullbacks Albania international footballers FK Dinamo Tirana players S.S.D. Città di Teramo players Kategoria Superiore players Albanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Albania-footy-defender-stub